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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date AustriaYemenCongo - Kinshasa
8,03916,72851,181
8,05917,23652,782
8,09017,76254,453
8,13018,31056,170
8,16618,85557,860
8,21719,41059,599
8,27420,00061,474
8,31720,61163,479
8,34421,23665,590
8,37021,87867,800
8,39022,53370,114
8,41023,19572,550
8,43823,88075,138
8,47624,59477,792
8,52725,31180,534
8,59426,02083,368
8,68026,69886,229
8,79127,34789,193
8,84727,98592,209
8,89028,60895,232
8,93029,21698,320
8,96929,811101,499
9,00430,399104,767
9,10731,058108,171

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Austria

  • 1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
  • 1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

No separate list is published for Yemen, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.